Trump calls Germany's larger defence budget 'a positive thing'

NAMPA / DPA

2025-06-05

Washington (dpa) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday called Germany's increased defence spending "a positive thing" but expressed some reservations about a better financed German military. "I know that you're spending more money on defence now and quite a bit more money. That's a positive thing," Trump told Merz during a press briefing in the Oval Office on the occasion of Merz's inaugural visit. But Trump declined to comment on specific perc......

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